Blotter



J. STICH BLOTTER Filed Dec. 13. 1922 'a I l WWI [nu Quint Patented July 24, 1923.

UNETED STATiE JOHAINN STICH, OF AUGSBURQG-ERMANY.

BLOTTER.

Application filed December 13, 1922. Serial No. 606,765.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHANN Sriorr, of F78 Georgen Str., Augsburg, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blotters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in blotters and it mainly consists in the provision of means for so fixing the vertically disposed blotting members, which may be of rectangular or any other shape, as to permit of a rapid exchange and of increasing the resiliency of the blotting pad.

According to the invention the blotting members or strips which may be made of blotting paper, asbestos or any other absorbing material, are threaded onto a resilient core to form a blotting pad, which may be easily and exchangeably fitted between depending and preferably resilient brackets of the blotter handle so as to assume the shape of the usual type of rocking blotter.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one embodiment of my invention by way of example:

Fig. 1 shows the improved blotter in side elevation and partly in section,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation and part section of the blotting pad,

Fig. 3 is an end View of the blotting pad also partly in section.

.lccording to these drawings the blotting pad (4 is built up of a number of vertically or edgeways disposed strips 6 and is arranged so as to permit of a rapid removal or exchange, and, in addition, to possess an increased flexibility. In order to obtain this latter feature, the vertically disposed strips 7), which may consist of blotting pa per, asbestos or the like material, are threade onto resilient members 0 upon which they are tightly held in position by split pins cl at either end of the said members. lVasher plates 6 are interposed between the strips and the split pins to prevent the outermost strips from bending over, said plates being so large as to extend close to and protect the edges of the strips. The pad is fitted to the depending brackets of the handle it by the projecting end portions of the resilient mem-- hers c, for which purpose the said brackets are provided with apertures f/ of the sameshape as the cross section of the members 0. The brackets f may be resilient and be made of spring steel for the purpose of still further improving the flexibility of the device.

They are connected to each other by the han dle 71, in conjunction with which they form a dle, it willbe bent into a depending curve and thus take a shape similar to the usual type of rocking blotters. As hereby the lower edge of the pad becomes slightly extended, the strips will be less tightly packed along this edge and the absorbing capacity of the pad thereby considerably increased.

Owing to the described arrangement of the blotting pad (I. it is possible to manufacture these parts separately for use as spare pads. Another great advantage is that after one side oi the pad has been used, the pad may be turned or the used-up side scraped with glass paper or the like, so that both sides may be used until fully worn down. Threading the strips 7) onto the resilient members 0 for the one part, and fixing the said members within the depending resilient brackets f of the handle for the other part, ensures a particularly great resiliency of the pad which considerably facilitates the handling of the blotter.

The members 0 used for holding the, blotting strips Z) may consist of one spring or of several superposed spring blades.

The exact shape of the blotting strips is immaterial for the purpose of the invention, they may be square, oblong, or of any other shape. Also the shape of the handle portion and its depending brackets may be varied as desired; instead of being made of several parts it may be made in one piece for example.

It is evident. that owing to the described arrangement of the blotting strips Z) and the possibility of repeatedly turning the pad formed therefrom, a blotter is obtained which will keep its absorbing capacity for a very long time and of which the blotting pad can be quickly exchanged after having been used up.

What I claim is:

1. A blotter comprising a pad of vertically disposed strips of absorbing material threaded onto resilient core members, a handle, and depending resilient brackets on said handle, between the ends of which the said resilient core members are secured.

2. A blotter comprising a pad of vertically disposed strips of absorbing material pressed-=into;: firm R mutual contact, resilient cores upon which the said strips are threaded, a handle, depending resilient brackets on said handle, apertures-in theends of the brackets through which the ends of the said cores are passed; the distance between the two bracket ends being shorter. than the.

'splitpins are passed close to the washer length of the said cores.

3..-Ablotter comprising a pad of vertically. disposed: strips of absorbing material, resilient strengthening means passed through and protruding beyoudthe said pad, a handlel'ha'ving depending brackets at each end,

apertures to conform with and to receive theprotruding end portions of the resilient strengthening means so as to impart. to-the.

pad a' downwardly directed curvature.

through the pad and the washer plates and 2 having) protruding ends through which plates, said protruding .ends' being also passed through apertures. in thedepending bracket of the handle portion so as to impart to the pad a downwardly directed curvature.

J OHANN STICH. Witnesses U A. C; HoUGH'roN, ALEXANDER ADE' SOTO. 

